Dogs cats and loop pile carpet do not go well together.
Loop pile carpet cats.
Looped piles can also be an irresistible chew toy for some pets.
Cats love to play with things.
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The pile of your carpet determines how much fur dander kitty staining and horror of horrors fleas can get inside to create a long term problem.
First of all you will be aware that carpet is manufactured with either a cut pile or a loop pile.
Looped carpets might seem to you better for home decoration but unfortunately it does not work very well if you have a cat.
Look for 80 20 cut pile and see if you like it.
Always choose cut piles.
Doing this intentionally or accidentally is not important as the result will not change.
And once there is a small issue it almost becomes a game for the cat to pull out the carpet more.
The problem with looped piles is they get stuck on your dog or cat s nails causing them to fray tear or pull out your carpet piles.
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Loop pile is one of the worst as the cat gets a claw into one of the loops and pulls and a whole line unravels i am lucky that none of the cats i have had over the years has ever scratched the sitting room carpet or the bedroom carpets.
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They scratch and stretch and their claws can get into everything whether intentional or by accident.
In fact cut carpets will hold up better than looped carpets with cats because cats love scratching and stretching with their claws when playing.
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With looped carpets cat s paws will often pull the loops out and cause the carpet to unravel in sections.
Carpet pile carpet is made with one of two main pile types.
Then your carpet is ruined.
If they decide to chew or scratch at the looped pile particularly around the room perimeter they are likely to catch an end thread and it will run.
But twist is used in synthetic carpets especially polypropylene which is very hard wearing to help the fibres stand up and not get flattened.
For high traffic areas go for a hard wearing pure wool or blended model while handmade ashtanga silk and hatha carpets provide a little luxury.
The only kind of carpet pile i have ever found that is pretty resistant to cats scratching it is twist pile.